<p>I am an Asian american male who is currently a junior in high school. I am trying to get into BA/MD or BS/MD programs next year and I am not certain about my chances...here are the credentials I will likely have when I apply:
SAT: 2340 (800 math, 800 writing, 740 reading)
SAT II: 800 Math Ii, 780 Chem, 790 Physics, 760 Bio
GPA: 4.0 unweighted, 5.21 weighted (will be 5.35 after 1st semester senior yr if I get all A's)
Total AP exams at end of senior yr: 12-14 (hopefully mostly 4's and 5's)
Total AP classes at end of snr yr: 16
ECs: Eagle Scout in BSA; service clubs (so far): NHS (3 yrs), Key Club (3 yrs), Beta Club (2 yrs), High School Marshals (2 yrs), Medical BioScience Academy (4 yrs), Health Occupational Students of America (reached State competition), Red Cross Volunteer, WakeMed Career Pathfinders, Job Shadowed 45 hours at cardiology center, Research Internship (either NIH or Harvard CURE), CPR certified, First Aid certified, Duke Healthcare Volunteer (100 hrs)
**other service hours close to 500-600. medical hours between 200-300. Total: 700-900 hrs
PSAT score: 219 (yikes); probably will be National Merit Finalist in my state (NC)</p>
<p>Those are pretty much my credentials and I am trying to get into the direct med programs at: Northwestern University, Brown U, Rice/Baylor, REMS (University of Rochester), Washington University in St. Louis, Case Western, Boston, or Drexel. I would preferably like to get into one of the first five programs listed, so what do you guys think are my chances of this? Will Eagle Scout help me out, as not many Asians have it in their credentials?</p>
<p>btw, the scores are already done so disregard the “credentials i will likely have” for that and the Eagle Scout. guys seriously please help me out, I need to figure out if I need to do anything else to optimize my chances and time is running out in junior yr!!</p>
<p>Your grades and EC’s are fantastic. You have a great chance as long as you can convey your interest in medicine well, both through the essays and interviews.
I’m going to make a BS/MD results thread in April after we get our decisions… that should help you gauge where you stand. good luck!</p>
<p>this summer, i am going to volunteer 8 hrs a day for one day a week at Rex Healthcare (under UNC). also going to volunteer 8 hrs a day for three days a week at Duke Med. i am going to job shadow a doctor on the other remaining weekday and on the weekends, I will participate in the Red Cross activities, Blood drives, etc. I may also possibly do some more volunteering as well on weekends. Including my credentials above, can somebody give me a rough estimate of how good a shot I have at one of the programs I listed above?</p>
<p>you have excellent credentials. Enough to get you to atleast lower end of Ivys. Why do you bother about BA/BS MED programs. Go to a good school and you can always get into a very good medical school. Who knows, maybe even Harvard or Yale.</p>
<p>@fatherofm:
yea i know i live near duke and unc and my dad always says i have great chances of getting into both, which is the undergraduate path to medicine. however, recently i have heard a lot of stories of people being rejected in the interviews to medical school and having to settle for less than what they wanted. this might happen to me, and being an indian, i don’t have racial advantage…so as a safe bet, i’m trying to get into one of those programs, that’s all…</p>